press reviews

“This is great grungy country, trailer park Americana, dented LeSabres and Fantas and those lawnchairs with cheap webbing that sag in the middle and fray on the sides—the best kinds! It’s clever, beautiful stuff.”—Katie Klingsporn, Telluride Daily Planet, August 22, 2008.

 

“[Although it] will never take the place of the Lawn Chair Kings, a capella singing is popular on college campuses and in niche markets.”—Carroll Peterson of The Narrowgaugers (Durango’s chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society), quoted in The Durango Herald, December 19, 2008.

 

“Audiences, to put it in the rock ‘n’ roll vernacular, seem to dig it.”—Ted Holteen, The Durango Herald, May 29, 2009.

 

“The band formed in 2000 as a power trio, and gained quite a following with their crazy mix of western-punk garage music and use of even crazier stage props…wildly entertaining, prepare for audible and visual stimulation with the Lawn Chair Kings…”—Rebecca Thoreson, The Telluride Watch, March 7, 2008.

 

“The ‘western’ comes from the band members’ love of old country…Cheating hearts and falling-off-bar-stools country. The ‘garage’ comes from independent rock ‘n’ roll. Shut-the-garage-door-and-turn-the-amp-to-11 rock ‘n’ roll. Collectively, the music knowledge and history the band brings forth musically, and in conversation, is astounding.”—Bryant Liggett, The Durango Herald, March 31, 2006.

 

“Erik, Dan, and Steve must be the Franklin, Adams, and Jefferson of Durango indie rock, belting out apple pie slices of Americana like ‘Trailer Park’ ‘Ice Cream Truck’ and ‘Take Me Out In Yer Pick Up Truck’.”—Chris Aaland, The Durango Telegraph, July 3, 2008.

 

“Lawn Chair Kings is a misleading name for a band that forces folks to get up out of their chairs and dance…”—Silverton Jamboree Program Guide, Summer 2007.

 

     “Drawing from an eclectic array of covers, and boasting very fine originals, the Lawn Chair Kings are all about the song. A powerhouse rhythm section propels this very capable three-piece and will most assuredly get the joint jumpin’! Add tasteful vocal harmonies and solid lead guitar work and you have the perfect ingredients for a fun night of live music.”—Rosie Carter, Hearsay, April/May 2002